Bomb blast targets US convoy in Iraq

29 August 2011 | 17:36 Code : 15851 Latest Headlines

PressTV--A roadside bomb has targeted a US military convoy in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniyah, police officials say.

Iraq's police said the explosion occurred in the Algeria district of the city on Sunday, according to the Qatar state news agency QNA.

Iraqi security forces were deployed to the blast area. No casualties have been reported.

Meanwhile, a terrorist attack on the largest Sunni Mosque in the capital Baghdad on Sunday killed 29 worshippers, leaving 38 others severely wounded.

Bombings and other forms of violence escalated in Iraq soon after the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.

Earlier in August, Iraq's Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said a continued US military presence in the country is “a problem, not a solution,” adding that their year-end pullout will improve Iraq's security.

The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed between the United States and the Iraqi government mandates that Washington should withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of December 2011.